Fabio Capello Eyes Oxlade-Chamberlain For Euro 2012, But Is It Too Early?

Having found himself in the middle of the Andrei Arshavin/Arsene Wenger booing controversy at the Emirates at the the weekend, teenage winger Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain has apparently now played himself into Fabio Capello’s plans for the Euro 2012 finals.

The ex-Southampton starlet was arguably Arsenal’s best player in that 2-1 defeat Man United on Sunday, and his performance obviously impressed the watching England boss, who is planning to try out the attacker in a number of friendlies ahead of next summer

Oxo-Chamberpot has been in superb form for the England U21’s, even bagging a hat-trick against Iceland last October, but is he really ready to play a role in the Three Lions’ Euro 2012 campaign? Or will it be another case of too much too soon á la Theo Walcott?

This could be his becoming on age, he’s been absolutely brilliant form this season and could actually do a job. Whereas Theo ‘all i can do is run and have no end product’ Walcott has had too much praise, and too much time to mature, and will only get slower which will lead to his demise.

shouldnt be too early as long as he becomes a regular, which he should. hes got a bit of composure that theo has never had– when he gets caught out, he just holds onto the ball and passes it back rather than trying some stupid move to beat the defender and losing the ball. theo isnt exactly stewart downing in that respect but the ox has a bit of maturity that the england players tend to lack